Mammoplasty
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Breast augmentation; Breast implants; Implants - breast; Mammaplasty
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Burns JL, Blackwell SJ. Plastic surgery. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 73.
Sarwer DB. The psychological aspects of cosmetic breast augmentation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Dec;120(7 Suppl 1):110S-117S.
Hlmich LR, Lipworth L, McLaughlin JK, Friis S. Breast implant rupture and connective tissue...
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